Santrol, a Fairmount Minerals company, announced the opening of its eighth proppant terminal in the Eagle Ford formation as part of the continuing strategy to enhance customers’ transportation efficiency with product closer to the wellhead.
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A new frac sand mine in southeastern Barron County, Wis., will make relatively quick work of a sand deposit estimated at about 6 million tons, according to the Barron News-Shield. Information in the reclamation plan identifies the owners of the 80-acre property as David and Louise Driver of Chetek. The operator is Chieftain Sand & Proppant-Barron of New Auburn.
Read MoreHi-Crush, U.S. Well Enter into Long-Term Contract
Hi-Crush Partners LP announced the entry into a three-year supply agreement by a subsidiary of Hi-Crush with U.S. Well Services, LLC, a Texas-based oilfield services provider of well stimulation services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The supply agreement requires U.S. Well to pay a specified price for a specified minimum volume of frac sand each month.
Read MoreADM-Benson Quinn Adds Frac Sand Operation
After its first full year of business in an agriculture-based community, Archer Daniels Midland Co. has found an oil field niche at its Hebron, N.D., grain elevator, according to Prairie Business magazine. Not only does it take wheat, sunflowers and canola, it has added a frac sand transloading facility.
Read MoreMidwestern Industries Double-Deck Screener Offers Flexibility
The new Model MR-7 Screener with its compact, highly efficient design is specially engineered for conveyor-type installations. The double-deck screener allows materials to be separated from an approximately 1-in. opening on the top deck to a separation down to 1/8-in. opening on the bottom screening deck.
Read MoreSecond Annual Frac Sand Insider Conference Set for Pittsburgh
Mining Media International and Rock Products magazine announced that the second annual Frac Sand Insider Conference & Expo will take place Nov. 16-18, 2014, at the Westin Convention Center in Pittsburgh.
Read MoreMinnesota Releases Plan for Regulating Silica Sand Projects
The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) released a document called the “Tools to Assist Local Governments in Planning for and Regulating Silica Sand Projects.”
Read MoreVictory Mountain Secures Frac Sand Permits
Victory Mountain Ventures Ltd. has entered into an option agreement, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange, whereby it may earn a 100 percent interest in eight Metallic and Industrial Minerals Permits totaling approximately 737 sq. km located west of Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada, in the Fort McMurray area of northeastern Alberta.
Read MoreLa Ronge Purchases Assets of Private Producer
La Ronge Gold Corp. has entered into a letter of intent to acquire the assets and business of a private company producing frac sand in the Western Canada Sedimentary basin. The unnamed company currently sells into the Canadian frac sand market and has fixed sales contracts with various oil and gas service providers in Canada, according to La Ronge.
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The Wabasha, Wis., city council voted to extend its frac sand moratorium for another year in order to get more complete information on air quality, truck traffic and environmental concerns, according to the Winona Daily News. Although the frac sand moratorium was extended, a moratorium on truck traffic was not. The council at the same meeting allowed that moratorium to…
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